A simple chord progression would be nice.Such as:A Horse with No NameEm & D#m13

The song is easy, just take the two fingers you are playing the Em with and spread them one string out from the A & D strings to the E and D strings, staying in the second fret area. Return to the Em and back. Repeat on the one beat of a 4/4 count. Put the song on and strum away.Barry. :D

I love Nilsson,I think I have everything he recorded in record form.I've got to get into the 20 cen.As for songs...The weight by the band C Am F,throw in a G once in a while. :rolleyes:

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Lawrence Juber wrote a song (When Harry got to Heaven) I saw him play at a guitar clinic. Lawrence said that Harry died the day before the Northridge (CA) earthquake, and that the earthquake was actually Harry in heaven when he found out there wasn't a bar!

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Giggler,I'm glad you like them. I found that song on an "Easy Songs for Beginners" search.America always seems to play open/airy chords to me. And I like the strummers a lot.Sooooooooo.Also, I have just begun teaching a beginners guitar course at one of our City Parks Programs.What fun. I hope to be a part of people's beginning relationship with guitar. How cool is that? You don't have to answer. I already know.I looked up tab for "Sister Goldenhair". A bit more difficult. Probably too much for the beginning guitarist, I played it using barre-chords and then you have the minor and sharp issues.The class I am teaching is for the very,very beginning guitarist.I am looking for the easiest of the easiest right now.Please keep'em coming.Thanks, Barry.

I'm working on Robert Petway's version of Catfish Blues, which has essentially one chord, E, some hammerons, and a great driving beat. The IV chord is the fourth string second fret E and the open third string, and there isn't a V chord. I'm not technically astute, but I'm sure that there are mp3s of this public domain tune available online.

I wish, I wish I was a catfishSwimmin in the deep blue seaI'd have all you pretty womenSettin out hooks for meSettin out hooks for me

I've also had success teaching Charlie Patton's Green River Blues to a beginner. It is a 12 bar blues in E, with 2 chords, some hammerons and pulloffs, and a turnaround. I think the key is to pick music that grabs their interest so that they are driven to learn that tune. In my experience anyway, its rhythm, not melody, that gets people's juices going earlier and easier.

Yes, I agree about the rythum(sp). That is why I started the class with the America song. Straight 4/4, easy to strum. Can strum on the one, the one and three, the 1-2-3-4, or eighth notes. I had the whole class strumming at the same time tonight. Several on different times, but still able to all be strumming. It went pretty well.My next song for them is "Soul for Every Cowboy" by Big Head Todd and the Monsters. G,C,D, with an Am and an Em thrown in. Pretty much a strummer too.Thanks for the tips above. I sure am interested in "Catfish Blues". I heard it done by Jimi Hendrix, Taj Mahal, and several of the old blues masters. It does sound like it ought to be easy enough. Arcane, would you have any tabbed versions of either of the above? Are you fingerpicking or flatpicking?Thanks, Barry.

I'll try to chart it for you, as I have never written out tab. I play it fingerstyle, and bare thumb and one finger is all you need. Essentially its some deliberate hammeron/pulloffs, some short brushes with the thumb, and an occasional upwards brush on the 1st string with the finger. Its all within in the E shape: you can make it more complicated by varying the hammerons, but it isn't necessary. Try to find the recording. Petway does it with the capo at 4th.